# kill_task(task_id())

Jay Carlson (nop@nop.com)
Sun, 21 Jan 1996 18:13:44 PST

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    > Of course, they can still do any of the following:
    >
    >	suspend($maxint)
    >	while (1) endwhile
    >	x = "x"; while (1) x = x + x; endwhile
    >
    > any of which will do just as much damage as calling kill_task(task_id())...

    That last one will do a lot more damage.  Unfortunately, it's neatly
    packaged up in $string_utils:space(), so it's easy for people to
    stumble across.

    > Pavel

    Jay Carlson
    nop@nop.com    nop@kagoona.mitre.org

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